Rain of Steel: Mitscher's Task Force 58, Ugaki's Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War Off Okinawa
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The last Pacific campaign of World War II was the most violent on record. Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's Task Force 58 carriers had conducted air strikes on mainland Japan and supported the Iwo Jima landings, but his aviators were sorely tested once the Okinawa campaign commenced on 1 April 1945. Rain of Steel follows Navy and Marine carrier aviators in the desperate air battles to control the kamikazes directed by Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki. The latter...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1682475263
ISBN13:9781682475263
Release Date:September 2020
Publisher:US Naval Institute Press
Length:456 Pages
Weight:2.08 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"
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